f2fs_io - Man Page

f2fs ioctl utility

Description

f2fs_io is used to send various commands to the f2fs file system for administrative purposes.

Available Commands

set_verity [file]

Set the verity flags associated with the specified file.

getflags [file]

Get the flags associated with the specified file.

setflags [flag] [file]

Set an f2fs file on specified file.  The flag can be casefold, compression, and nocompression.

shutdown shutdown filesystem

Freeze and stop all IOs for the file system mounted on dir. The level parameter can be:

0

going down with full sync

1

going down with checkpoint only

2

going down with no sync

3

going down with metadata flush

4

going down with fsck mark

pinfile [get|set] [file]

Get or set the pinning status on a file.

fallocate [keep_size] [offset] [length] [file]

Request that space be allocated on a file.  The keep_size parameter can be either 1 or 0.

write [chunk_size in 4kb] [offset in chunk_size] [count] [pattern] [IO] [file_path]

Write a given pattern to file_path. The pattern parameter can be:

zero

zeros

inc_num

incrementing numbers

rand

random numbers

The IO parameter can be:

buffered

buffered I/O

dio

direct I/O

dsync

direct I/O with O_DSYNC

read [chunk_size in 4kb] [offset in chunk_size] [count] [IO] [print_nbytes] [file_path]

Read data in file_path and print print_nbytes. The IO options can be:

buffered

buffered I/O

dio

direct I/O

fiemap [offset in 4kb] [count] [file_path]

get block address in file

gc_urgent dev [start|end|run] [time in sec]

Start, end, or run gc_urgent for a given time period

defrag_file [start] [length] [file_path]

Defragment a file.

copy [-d] [-m] [-s] [src_path] [dst_path]

Copy file from src_path to dst_path. The pattern parameter can be:

-d

use direct I/O

-m

use mmap for source file

-s

use sendfile to transfer data

get_cblocks [file]

Get the number of compressed blocks.

release_cblocks [file]

Release compressed blocks to get free space.

reserve_cblocks [file]

Reserve free blocks to prepare decompressing blocks in the file.

gc [sync_mode] [file]

Trigger filesystem GC

Author

This version of f2fs_io has been written by Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>.

Availability

f2fs_io is available from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git.

Info

March 2020 f2fs-tools System Administration Utilities